Projektnummer

0061784

Zusammenfassung

Fundamental hallmarks of living systems are their distinct non-equilibrium state and their ability to self-assemble from molecular building blocks, to respond to external stimuli, and to grow and replicate as compartmentalized units. Maintaining and orchestrating these features despite being subject to considerable non-equilibrium thermodynamic fluctuations requires living entities to be governed by a dynamic and robust self-organization program (sometimes paraphrased as "homeostasis"). Bacteria, for example, respond to extracellular sugar sources with an impressive accuracy despite s...